The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-09

PERSONAL---VERY. MINOR MEN
TION, ANDLOCAL LACONICS.
The News of the Dav Boiled Down and
Served Up I'm Condensed Shape-About
Folks You Know, and Interesting Items
Happily and Hastily Hit.

Range Of thermometer at Spence, Ty-
rec & Co.'S shoe house, Broad street,
February sth, 1887: 9 am, 4S0; ~ m,
j20; 3 pm, 630; pm, G0'.
Major Charles Pickett left for Norfolk
yesterday evening.
Mr.. Ed. Rue, business manager for
Dan Kelly, is in the city.
Mr.. Samuel Bendhine returned yester-
day from a business visit to New York.
Mrs. f. L. Comstock will speak at
| Laurel-street Methodist church to-mor-
row night.
Captain Robert f. Lee and Major A.
r. Venable, of Farmville, were in the
city yesterday.
Rev. L. A. Cutler conducted the services
at the Salvation Army, on South Cherry
street last night.
Frank Cunningham sung in Petersburg
last night at the concert Of the Petersburg
Musical Association.
Col. Robert Beverly, of "The Plains"
president of the National Farmers Con-
gress, is in the city.
A meeting of the Water Committee
was held last night to consider their APP
preparation for the ensuing year.
Corbin NJ Reynolds, ex-State Treas
urer, and Colonel Fleming, of Alexan-
dria. were at the Capitol yesterday.
The Walker Light Guard and Rich
mond Grays expect to take part in the
National drill in Washington next May.
AT meeting of the Howitzers last
night Joseph c. Ross, c. B. Burruss, and
George c. Barnes were appointed corpo-
rails.
James II. Jackson Ccolored) was ar
rested at the Academy last night for spit
ting from the gallery into the body OF the
house.
John T. Raymond Walter J. Lamb,
and the leading members of Raymond's
company were registered at the Exchange
| Hotel
Matters are in stQtu quo at the paper
mill ruins, but the sound of the busy
workman will soon be heard there if all
reports are true.
Mrs II. A. Tilden and daughters, Of
New York, are at the Exchange. The
young ladies are neces of the late Hon.
Samuel J. Tilden.
A. Nunnamaker, of Richmond, is
among the eighteen applicants for the
position of foreman of the Washington,
ID. c., ordnance shop.
Messrs. Mann Page, Brandon NJ. b.
Rowe, Fredericksburg; }. +. Corbin,
Moss Neck, and DR.. George Potts, Home
ward, are at Ford's Hotel.
The funeral of the infant son Of Ed
ward NJ and Emma J. Gibson, will take
place to-day at o'clock from the resi-
dence, No GOA Graham street.
The last attempt to manufacture
Henrico horror did not pan out well, al
though "the dreadful accident maker"
thought they had Goode case.
Mr.. John w. Northrop, the contracting
salesman for w. ". Kimball Organ Co..
of Chicago, is spending a brief visit with
Walter ID. Moses Il Co., their Virginia
agents.
The Executive Committee of the Army
of Northern Virginia met yesterday, but
have not yet decided upon the choice Of
an orator for the annual meeting in
October
The moon fulled Yesterday morning at
514. At > o'clock there was a partial
eclipse Of the moon, visible in Richmond
and Manchester, but it was not largely
observed.
President George A. Ainslie, Of the
Chamber of Commerce, left yesterday on
a visit to Lynchburg and Lexington. In
the latter place he has a son at the
military academy.
Now it has been found out that play
ing dominoes is a crime, and it has been |
INDUCED in openly in Richmond ever
since the grandparents OF the oldest in |
habitant were babies.
The funeral of Mr. Henry Burger, ST. |
was very largely attended yesterday even |
ing from ST. Johns German church. Mr. /
Burger was one of the best known butch /
ers in the First Market.
When William Heller moves to his new .
store at No. 81 Broad street, his brother, /
Gerson Heller, of Raleigh, n c., will be /
associated with him, and Heller IL Co., /
will run stores both in that city and this |
The plastering at the Howitzers |
ArmOry has been taken down and the /
walls sealed with hard fine finish. The /
hall will now be neatly fitted up. The |
company met there last night for the first /
time in three months.
One Of the most interesting current |
contributions to medical literature will |
be found in the February number Of the /
Southern Clinic. 1t is an original article 4
on "Six Operations on the Kidneys" by |
Lawson TAFT, F. r. c. s., NJ. d., (Hon.) |
surgeon to the Birmingham England
Hospital for Women.
Mrs and Miss Dickinson, wife and /
daughter of Colonel A. G.. Dickinson,
held reception on Tuesday afternoon,
1st instant, at their city mansion, Al West |
One Hundred and Twenty-Fourth street.
The ladies were assisted by Miss Archer,
of Richmond; Miss Raphael, of Mobile
Miss Watts and Mrs. AlgernOn S. Sulli-
van, of this City Y. Ta5let.
Temperance Bible Reading.